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Re: LDraw.exe removed from distribution?
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Fri, 29 May 2009 02:49:33 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Roland Melkert wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I just downloaded the complete.zip and discovered LDraw.exe is no longer
> present. I take this is a step in creating the 100% CA distro?
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> Anyhow, I always used LDraw.exe to validate (in LD4DStudio) if a folder
> is indeed the library's root.
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> Now this is no longer reliable I could of course check for e.g.
> 'ldconfig.ldr' or the 'part' and 'p' folders (the later having my
> preference).
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> But I was wondering if there is some kind of 'official' identification
> marker i should check for. Because such a location could easily be e.g.
> the unofficial library.
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> Roland
I'd go with ldconfig.ldr. LDraw.exe is now legacy software (and is in fact not
complaint with the current spec). Since ldconfig.ldr is per spec where color
are defined, it should always be present in a 100% complaint distro.
-Orion
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 | | Re: LDraw.exe removed from distribution?
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| (...) Thanks, I think I'll check for the parts and p directories to determine if it's any kind of library, and issue a warning if ldconfig.ldr is missing when the official library is expected. ps: Sorry I responded slow, I'm having troubles posting (...) (15 years ago, 1-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | Re: LDraw.exe removed from distribution?
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| (...) A good way would be to check for the presence of note*.txt files in the models directory. These show which updates have been installed. Prior to 2008-01 ths naming convention was NOTEyyrr.TXT, but now it is NOTEyyrrCA.TXT where yy is the (...) (15 years ago, 1-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | LDraw.exe removed from distribution?
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| Hello all, I just downloaded the complete.zip and discovered LDraw.exe is no longer present. I take this is a step in creating the 100% CA distro? Anyhow, I always used LDraw.exe to validate (in LD4DStudio) if a folder is indeed the library's root. (...) (15 years ago, 28-May-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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